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WOMAN DROWNED WHANGAREI, November 7. While fishing at Port Whangarei an elderly woman fell into the water and was drowned. She was Mrs Florence Louise Butler, widow, aged: 67, of Whangarei. vi .r: Mrs Butler, who lived with her sister, Mrs J. P. Rives, North Streep Whangarei, accompanied Mr and Mrs Rives to Port Whangarei to fisk from the wharf. She went down on to*'& large barge moored alongside:, the wharf steps. When Mr Rives, came back along the wharf to- the barge about 4.30 p.m., Mrs Butler Was missing, and her body was later seen in the water. - - A CONSCRIPTION ADVOCATE WELLINGTON, November. 7. Mr lan Simpson, a former Parliamentary candidate in several electorates, advocated conscription inan address here. He said he agreed New Zealand should support Britain in her war effort, and advocated military training from 16 to 20, and;military service for men between 20 <and/40. The older men could fill the -places of the younger men > who went- into the forces. He declared that conscription would have to be
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Grey River Argus, 8 November 1939, Page 6
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